Humboldt County

Twice each year, Elizabeth Azzuz leads an unusual expedition into the Klamath River forest in Humboldt County, where her tribe has lived for thousands of generations. To set it on fire.

Twice each year, Elizabeth Azzuz leads an unusual expedition into the Klamath River forest in Humboldt County, where her tribe has lived for thousands of generations. To set it on fire. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken has more.

An endangered sea turtle is being treated at the Marine Mammal Center near Sausalito.

An endangered sea turtle is being treated at the Marine Mammal Center near Sausalito. Mark Matthews reports.

A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recycling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox stuffed with money.

California regulators have reopened funding applications for marijuana social equity programs after unspecified delays.

While business owners complain about daunting state and local regulations, legal scholars worry the whole industry hinges on a delicate compromise with federal authorities — who already have a sour relationship with California’s pot business.

While business owners complain about daunting state and local regulations, legal scholars worry the whole industry hinges on a delicate compromise with federal authorities — who already have a sour relationship with California’s pot business.

They wanted some adventure, but two little girls who wandered away from their Northern California home on Friday got a lot more than they bargained for over the next 44 hours. Still, they looked out for each other and survived a long, cold, wet ordeal in the wilderness, they said in an interview Monday after they were rescued in a...

Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, 5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said.

Organizers of an annual Women’s March in Eureka, Humboldt County, California said they won’t be holding the event on Jan. 19 after concerns were raised by organizers that it’s “participants” were “overwhelmingly white.”

The opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least Dec. 1 in the waters north of Bodega Head State Marine Reserve to the Sonoma and Mendocino county line because of elevated levels of domoic acid, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday.

A large group of victims’ rights advocates gathered outside the San Francisco Federal Courthouse Thursday as new guidelines issued last fall by Education Secretary Betsy Devos, that impact how college campuses all over the country handle sexual assault reports, are at stake.

A large group of victims’ rights advocates gathered outside the San Francisco Federal Courthouse Thursday new guidelines issued last fall by Education Secretary Betsy Devos, that impact how college campuses all over the country handle sexual assault reports, are at stake. Sam Brock reports.

CAL Fire officials determined that electric power lines and failure of power poles caused part of the massive North Bay wildfires in California that eventually killed dozens of people and ravaged thousands of homes in October. Officials completed a total of 12 investigations of more than 170 fires that burned at least 245,000 acres in Northern California. Nearly half of...

Northern California pot farmers spent decades turning the Emerald Triangle into the cannabis industry’s most rock-solid brand. But just six months into California’s legal weed foray, it’s clear that growers and governments along the state’s Central Coast are making an aggressive push to crown themselves the new pot powerhouse. According to data from the California Department of Food and Agriculture,...

Northern California pot farmers spent decades turning the Emerald Triangle into the cannabis industry’s most rock-solid brand. But just six months into California’s legal weed foray, it’s clear that growers and governments along the state’s Central Coast are making an aggressive push to crown themselves the new pot powerhouse. According to data from the California Department of Food and...

A Northern California woman was arrested Wednesday after she left her 18-month-old boy inside a vehicle for 10 hours while she visited a friend, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.

Headlines lately have been flooded with heartbreaking tales of families separated at the border. For one Humboldt County family, they are fighting to keep a loved one in the country.

Headlines lately have been flooded with heartbreaking tales of families separated at the border. For one Humboldt County family, they are fighting to keep a loved one in the country. Sam Brock reports.